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Chapter 43

           "Anpleaseyourreverence,"saidDennet,"adrunkenpriestcametovisittheSacristanatSaintEdmund’s—"

           "Itdoesnotpleasemyreverence,"answeredthechurchman,"thatthereshouldbesuchananimalasadrunkenpriest,or,iftherewere,thatalaymanshouldsospeakhim.Bemannerly,myfriend,andconcludetheholymanonlywraptinmeditation,whichmakestheheaddizzyandfootunsteady,asifthestomachwerefilledwithnewwine—Ihavefeltitmyself."

           "Well,then,"answeredFatherDennet,"aholybrothercametovisittheSacristanatSaintEdmund’s—asortofhedge-priestisthevisitor,andkillshalfthedeerthatarestolenintheforest,wholovesthetinklingofapint-potbetterthanthesacring-bell,anddeemsaflitchofbaconworthtenofhisbreviary;fortherest,agoodfellowandamerry,whowillflourishaquarter-staff,drawabow,anddanceaCheshireround,withe’eramaninYorkshire."

           "Thatlastpartofthyspeech,Dennet,"saidtheMinstrel,"hassavedtheearibortwain."

           "Tush,man,Ifearhimnot,"saidDennet;"Iamsomewhatoldandstiff,butwhenIfoughtforthebellandramatDoncaster—"

           "Butthestory—thestory,myfriend,"againsaidtheMinstrel.

           "Why,thetaleisbutthis—AthelstaneofConingsburghwasburiedatSaintEdmund’s."

           "That’salie,andaloudone,"saidtheFriar,"forIsawhimbornetohisownCastleofConingsburgh."

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